Monday, July 4, 2011

Feline Hepatic Lipidosis (Fatty Liver Syndrome)

The verdict is in and I've got exactly what the Woman was scared I have. She is currently blaming herself for not getting me to the vet sooner, the Awesome Man for telling her he didn't think i was getting thin, and the stupid VET who on her last night at the practice didn't happen to think (from my very evident blood test results) there was much of a problem and "suggested" an ultrasound. But, we have to move forward and stop the blame game right? We seem to have caught it early and I've been hanging out with the techs at the hospital so I'm hanging.

My vet specialist is super smart and super nice and for once she was happy the Woman was educated in what was going on and what she is going to expect. We don't have the details yet, and they are trying an appetite stimulant tonight, but this means I'm likely going to have a feeding tube inserted. The humans will have to feed me 4x a day and it could be a few weeks, it could be up to a few months, I just have to decide when I want to eat again. The humans are encouraged that I was eating yesterday but just haven't eaten since I've been at the vet.

The cause is unknown. They do know I don't have cancer (YEAH!!!) and the rest of my insides were good looking. The humans really suspect it is Rufus. Rufus has attached himself to the Tall Man even more than Kaze is attached to the Woman. Rufus thinks the Awesome Man is his mother. So we don't think we can kick him out of the house and I very well may have just gotten depressed and I'll get over it. All of this is unknown and just guessing.

So thank you all for your continued purrs, it helps us all so much knowing we aren't alone.

46 comments:

Chase, we are purring and purring for you. Please, eat all the food you can hold...Mommy says valium is good for kitty appetites.And if you aren't getting enough luvvins, we girlcats will be over toot sweet!

Oh Chase we are so sad that you were so depressed. We are glad they caught it and well force feeding is no fun (as we know from Chey) and hope that your appetite gets whetted with the stimulant. purrs.

Dood...remember when Buddah showed up here and I got real sick and wouldn't eat? Yeah...this sounds really familiar. My liver was wonky, too, but I never got an ultrasound, just antibiotics for like a couple years... BUT, the appetite stimulant worked on me and I started eating.

I hope you start eating soon, too. I think it was canned chicken that finally got me to want to eat something. The people tried onion-free turkey baby food too but I just didn't want it, though I would try it now, I think...

It really really sucks when you don't feel like eating, cause eve when you WANT to eat again, it's like you don't know how to get started.

Chase, Honey, everything is gonna be okay. Dis everyone take a nice deep breath. No cancer is a super great thing. You dis need to eat, then the feeding tube can goes away. And hey, you guys are no way alone. There bees 7 of us Kwee Cats, one honorary woofie Cat, and our Mumsy and Da - and we alls be purring for you, and your precious family. We got wuzins to share! Just you hang in there. Its gonna bees okay.

So now Chase, we have to make sure you get better, and quickly! We can understand that you are sad because your awesome man is having to share the love more, but it also sounds that you are beginning to appreciate your Mom more. That's a good thing. So be a good boy and eat up!

oh Chase, we are all purring hard for you. I knows how terrible it is to haf little brofurs who attach themselfs to your person. It takes a while but you will feel better about it - and just kick their little orinch meniss butt away from your person. MOL - Sammy

oh, chase! we is furry sorry to hear yer diagnosis, but it is good that you haff a special vet (an' we already know you haff a special mom;-) so you kin get better. we hopes you kin furgiff the orinch menis fur tachin' to yer tallman; even orinch menisses need love, too. please work on that, acause we KNOWS yer beans haff MORE than enuf love fur you all. we's purrin' an' purrrayin' fur you an' yer fambly--you an' mom are gonna grow MUCH closer!!

Chase buddy, you are the first cat in the "P" household, you will always have a place there. And the Awesome Man still loves you tons. It's amazing how much love mosts humans have in their hearts....trust us....your humans have plenty for all of you! Now start eating buddy! We are purring and purring for you!

Chace LL had fatty Liver sydrom and servived it !!!!!! we glad you caught ut early also mybe if you should try talking to an amamal commmactor We uses a supper goood one name dawn we talk her every 3 or so mouths to sort stuff our like wiff Lilly hateig Mikey

We are old frieds of yours asking you to please eat. We have our own 2nd Orinch Menis who our mommy brought home a month ago. He barely comes out of his room and if he does the girls hiss at him. Jake, our first ginger is the only one who sort of accepts him. He still runs in fear if the new guy makes a move towards him. It's hard allowing another stinky cat into the family.

We're all wishing you the best. We're thankful for the info on pet insurance. Mom thought it was a lot more expensive.

Knives says, "I get annoyed about the new 'baby', stinky ole Audrey getting more attention than I do just because she's younger and newer to the Horde lalalalalala. Mommy made me a valerian sock of my very own! That helped me feel better and when I get feeling bad mom lets me sniff some directly from the bottle and even puts a little bit out for me or gives me a drop or two of valerian tea.

Everycat in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Kitty Horde are sending purrs to you. Please make sure you eat. Moms get really really really worried when you don't and then they cry all over your fur and it takes fur-evah to get that darn stuff out of your fur!! Take care!"

Sending purrayers of thanksgiving that it isn't cancer and snuggles to encourage you to eat on your own...so much better than the tube and you get to taste your food too!Rumbles of purrs,Taz, Runt, Charles and mommy, Anna in IL

Chase, you have to start eating again, build up your strength and kick a little Rufus butt when he tries to muscle in on your Tall Man. I found out that Mom paid me just as much attention after Emma came to live with us as she did before, she just needed a little prompting sometimes. When I was reluctant to eat when I was so sick Fancy Feast Elegant Medleys got me to eat more.

Oh, maybe the Tall Man can make some time for just you and him without Rufus around. Mommy makes sure that Arty and Scylla both have separate time with her cause Scylla was jealous when Arty first came to live with us.

Chase, we're purring hard for you and sending you universal healing Light. Please, please do start to eat soon...If it's kitty depression, there could be help for that too. We hope the appetite stimulant works, assume you'll try that before a feeding tube?

About Me

We are 3 cats who enjoy very different life styles but all live in the same house with an Awesome Man and a woman who completely neglects us for law school.
Kaze likes to steal trash and beg for playtime 24/7.
Latte likes pink mousies and loves his zoom groom.
Chase likes to sleep and be with his Awesome Man.